>> another friend of mine was not able to make it out. >> o'donnell: call to action. president biden lowering the flags at the white house and raising the stakes in the gun debate. >> we can been assault weapons and high capacity magazines. >> also tonight, vaccine setbacks -- astrazeneca accused of using partial data to announce its vaccine trial results. plus the growing concern that millions of doses of another shot could be delayed. children of the crisis -- new video inside those facilities for unaccompanied minors and the smuggler showing cbs news how he sneaks people across the border. long delays and failed deliveries, the postal service's plan to overhaul mail delivery. will it mean longer waits and higher prices? and they call him the handyman with a heart of gold, but it's his kidney that turned out to be priceless.

this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> good evening, and thank you for joining us. norah is off. i'm margaret brennan. we're going to begin with breaking news on the fast-moving investigation into that massacre at a boulder, colorado supermarket. tonight a 21-yea-old suspect is in jail charged with murdering ten people including the first police officer at the scene. investigators say, while they still don't have a motive, the alleged shooter ahmed al-issa seen here in handcuffs after thn shooting was known to police. and they say he had just bought a high-power rifle last week. family members say he was troubled, antisocial and angry, and none of that is any comfort to the families of the victims,n who died, men and women working in the king soopers store or just doing one of the most mundane tasks of life, buying

grocery. we're getting details about the gunman, lives he took and the man who live streamed the shooting on his phone. plus, president biden is weighing in, opening up a new debate about gun control after the second mass shooting in america in just a week. we've got several reports tonight beginning with cbs's omar villafranca, live in boulder, colorado. good evening, omar. >> reporter: margaret, the emotions here in boulder are raw. while police are processing the scene behind me, there's a growing memorial in front of the supermarket. you can see flowers and cards left by strangers. after ten people were killed, the big question that remains unanswered is why. 21-year-old ahmed al-issa is now in the boulder county jail charged with ten counts of first degree murder. his capture after the end of an almost hour-long rampage caught on livestream, alissa inr-long a handcuffs, in shorts, blood

running down his right leg. can you tell us at all anything about the suspect's injuries in the hospital? >> he suffered a leg wound, it was a through-and-through wound to his leg, midsection of his leg ( gunshots ) >> look, there's police. >> reporter: reports of gunfire started 2:40 p.m. monday afternoon. according to arrest documents, according to arrest docuhe gunman shoot a male in his car and they saw a gunman shooting an elderly man in a parking lot before quacking up to him and shooting him several times. emergency crews were dispatched while shots were still being fired. >> looks like we have an active shooter. >> reporter: ryan borowski was inside getting a drink when he heard a gunshot. >> the first shot was confusion. everything seemed silent. >> reporter: what did you think it was?

>> i thought it might have been a big piece of sheet metal an employee dropped. the only option for me was run. >> reporter: borowski managed to escape through the loading dogs. difficult by a s.w.a.t. team. police say gun records show he bought a semi-automatic rifle on march 16, 2021. ten others didn't make it out including boulder police officer eric talley, the first to arrive on the scene, a ten-year police veteran and father of seven. a visibly shaken boulder police chief maris herold says it's a painful day for the department, but her officers will continue to do their jobs. >> don't lose your compassion and we'll get through this. >> reporter: alissa grew up 30 miles south of boulder. his family migrated from syria.

alissa's brother spoke to "the daily beast" and said he was mentally ill, paranoid and very antisocial. police are still looking for a motive.o >> i do want to stress that the investigation is really in its early stages and we're going to work incredibly hard to see it through to completion. >> reporter: police records show alissa had one misdemeanor charge of assault while in high school. sources tell cbs news he's looking into his online background to see if he could be influenced by anyone online. and so far they have no evidence. >> omar, thank you. tonight as boulder mourns, we're learning more about those who lost their lives and hearing from the witness who streamed the horror live online. here's cbs's jonathan vigliotti. >> someone's down right here! >> reporter: millions watched dean reynolds' live stream. >> we've got people down inside king soopers. look -- ( gunfire ) >> police -- >> reporter: when did it become clear to you something was wrong.

>> soon as i saw the body. >> reporter: he just left soupers ahead of friend denny strong. strong would be among the victims. >> he was a really smart kid, training to be an airline pilot. >> reporter: the ten victims range in age from 20 to 65. lynn murray was a retired mother of two filling an instacart order. teri leiker, 51, worked at the store for 31 years. and eric talley of the boulder police was the first one on the scene, the 51-year-old father of seven ran straight inside, but never made it out. >> i was devastated when i heard the news.e spoke with >> reporter: we spoke with his father by phone from his home in texas. >> he started at the bottom and worked his way up. >> reporter: talley had quit his computing job at age 40 to join the boulder force. he was also the kind of dad who taught all his children the

heimlich maneuver in case they'd ever need to save a life. one actually did. when officer talley's body was removed from the scene last night, i onders lined the street in salute, and after hearing of his death, his younger sister tweeted, i cannot explain how beautiful he was. fly high my sweet brother.her. >> reporter: and tally was followed by other first responders who ran inside to help save lives. the governor visited boulder today and d ttho is the scene -- horror and terror as people shopped for milk and eggs. margaret. >> brennan: jonathan vigliotti, thank you. we turn now tohe htesehi where datoes called on congress to strengthen gun laws, but that's expected to run into tough opposition in the senate. here's cbs' weijia jiang. >> reporter: president biden's order to lower the flag,

honoring victims in colorado, c, came after it was just raised last night following the atlanta shooting. >> another american city has been scarred by violence and resulting trauma, in a state that i even hate to say it because we're saying it so often, my heart goes out. >> reporter: the president urged lawmakers to immediately ban assault rifles in high capacity magazines. >> this is an american issue. it will save lives, american lives, and we have to act. >> reporter: but mr. biden knows how difficult this will be, after the sandy hook massacre in 2012, president obama asked him to come up with a package of gun control measures, none were passed by congress. today senate majority leader today senate majo chuck schumer vowed to push two house bill that would expand background checks. >> this senate will be different. >> reporter: but even west virginia democrat joe manchin said he won't support the legislation.

during a judiciary committee hearing about guns, texas republican ted cruz blasted it, too. >> -- is democrats propose taking away guns from law abiding citizens. what they propose, not only does it not reduce crime, it makes it worse. >> reporter: in the wake of the atlanta shootings, where six of the victims were asian women, democratic senators are demanding more representation for asians among high-level administration positions. tonight, tammy duckworth of illinois and maisy hirono of hawaii say they will block the president's nominees if they are not diverse until they get a commitment from the white house. margaret. >> brennan: and that will get attention. thank you, weijia. tonight, there are new questions about astrazeneca's covid vaccine. health officials say data from the company's u.s. trial may have used outdated information. the u.k. produced vaccine is not yet approved for use here in the u.s. but it is in wide

distribution around the world. here's cbs's meg oliver. >> reporter: tonight, accusing astrazeneca, federal health officials in an independent oversight board saying astrazeneca presented outdated and potentially misleading data about the effectiveness of its vaccine, after the company announced yesterday that the vaccine was 79% effective against covid infections. also expressing frustration today, dr. anthony fauci. >> it really is unfortunate that this happened. you know, this is really what you call an unforced error because the fact is this is very likely a very good vaccine. >> reporter: but there's some good news tonight about johnson & johnson's vaccine after worries over supply shortages. the f.d.a. late today, cleared the way for a facility to help meet demand, but one other facility is still awaiting word. this is more than half the country has announced plans toso make vaccines available to anyone 16 and over, by the first of may. >> we're seeing more states

expand access to the vaccine, but do we have the supply? >> all that depends on the supply actually getting to states and getting to folks that can actually administer the vaccine, and we haven't seen that yet. >> reporter: but time may be running out. as more people travel and new variants continue to fuel a rise in cases, new york reporting its first case of a concerning variant first detected in brazil that is more contagious and at least 19 states now seeing a substantial increase in infections, like new jersey, which has the third highest positivity rate nationwide and where hospitalizations have topped 2,000 for the first time in a month. >> we got 12 covid-19 admissions last night. that is a sharp increase from what we've seen over the last several weeks. in fact, it's the highest number of admissions overnight that we've had in almost two months. >> reporter: tonight, the uptick in the number of cases is a concern here in the new york metro area. but today, new york mayor bill de blasio announced a bold move

bringing back 80,000 city employees may 3, an effort to send the message new york is trying to return to normal. margaret. >> trying, thank you, meg. now to the crisis at the border. tonight the biden administration is on track to open at least six emergency facilities to house the migrate children who are streaming into the u.s. it may not be enough. cbs' manuel bojorquez reports from juarez, mexico. >> reporter: tonight, migrants keep showing up at the border ( speaking spanish ) >> why are you leaving guatemala? >> a better life for your children. >> reporter: we met this guatemalan family crossing the border along with 16-year-old isabel who they are helping to make the journey, too. >> no father, no mother. they're sick. >> reporter: she says she's hoping to work in the u.s. to support them.

without a parent or legal guardian here, isabelle may be the only one allowed to stay in the u.s. and make her case after being picked up by border patrol agents. today u.s. customs and border protection released new videos of unaccompanied minors and some adults being held at two temporary processing facilitieso temporary processing facilities in texas. in texas. more than 16,000 migrate children are currently in u.s. cu hands of the border patrol, who are encountering about 530 unaccompanied minors every day. the administration is now directing shelters to fast track the release of unaccompanied minors with a parent or guardian in the u.s. who can care for them. >> and he's taking us to his backyard here where -- >> reporter: we found this smuggler in juarez who spoke with us on condition of anonymity. he said he doesn't see the flow of migrants slowing down. >> even with the risk of being deported, they still want to try. >> reporter: family members in the u.s. tell them to keep trying, he says. he gave us access to his operation, the ladder is used to

scale the wall, and the holes in this wall to keep an eye out for border patrol. $1,000 for a chance to get over. so in six months, 80 to 100 people have paid you to get over? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: but we have watched repeatedly as some migrants end up right here, the bridge leading from el paso back into juarez, deported and left to with dire options. try to cross again, seek food and shelter on the streets here, or return home. margaret. >> brennan: manny bojorquez in juarez, mexico. there is important news tonight about the future to have the u.s. postal service. the post master general announced today a cost cutting plan he says will save it. cbs's kris van cleave joins us from a post office in virginia. good evening, kris. >> reporter: margaret, this ten- year plan aims to take a potential $160 billion shortfall

and turn it into profitability, but it could mean frustration for many americans because the plan suggests slowing the delivery window for first class mail from two to three down to three to five days. some post offices would see operating hours cut and postage prices are likely to rise. without these changes the post master general says the u.s.p.s. will run out of money in less than a decade. the postal workers union says it has deep concerns over part of the plan. democrats call it a nonstarter. they want to see post master general louis dejoy a trump employee fired. all this happening as the post office is struggling with record know on time delivering during the pandemic and the holiday season something that continues to this day. this priority mail may say two days, it took ten to get from new york to washington just this week. margaret. >> kris van cleave, thank you very much. there is still much more news ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news." the search for answers after a

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for norah o'donnell, i'm margaret brennan. good night. ♪ ♪ this is the "cbs overnight news." hey there will everyone, thanks for staying with us. federal health officials are raising questions this morning about the new astrazeneca coronavirus vaccine. it's not been approved for use in the u.s. and it comes on out that their results may be based on incomplete or out-dated information. there's three vaccines being distributed in the u.s., two are requiring multiple doses, some are asking what happens if you mixnd m the drugs

> t k covid-19 trial hanever bee befor and y revolutionize the future of vaccine distribution, it may offer the best defense yet against emerging variants. she has no idea what is about to be injected in to their body. >> no, not at all. no i leave it in the hands of the doctors. >> reporter: a blind leap of faith. not just testing one, but deliberately mixing them up to see what happens. more than 800 volunteers age and above taking part of in the oxford led university trial. some followed by a astrazeneca booster or another followed by pfizer or the same vaccine twice, the standard way for comparison. shots separated by 4 and 12 week gaps to see which works best. the professor is principal investigator at one of the eight

trial sites across the uk. >> with that knowledge, then we can have complete confidence that a number of different vaccines can be rolled out and implemented in a population very quickly, very efficiently without any concern about inadvertent complication. >> you are talking about increasing capacity and flexity? >> yep. >> reporter: not just the pfizerer and astrazeneca vaccine are, but a combination of any covid vaccine. easing supply issues around the globe. not only that, professor heath said alternating vaccines could produce better overall protection against emerging variants. >> potentially with a prime boost of different vaccines, the broader response, the broader immune response that ensues will be sufficient to deal with, for example, the south african variant. >> reporter: it's